coolinsights.blogspot.com Archives - 09 January 2012, Monday

Believe it or not, quitting isn't necessarily the mark of a loser. There is a time and place for giving up, just as there is a time and place for digging one's heels in and staying on. Does that mean then that Napoleon Hill's saying "a quitter never wins and a winner never quits" is m...

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The beautifully designed Palace of the Elephants Theatre at Phuket FantaSea Claimed to be the "Ultimate Nighttime Cultural Theme Park", Phuket FantaSea is Thailand's first cultural theme park located close to Kamala Beach on Phuket island. Focusing on a motley mix of "Myth, Mystery an...

As I was reading my copy of the daily newspaper yesterday (yes, my family and I are still traditional newspaper readers), a colourful brochure with coupons popped out. As I glanced through its content, I couldn't help noticing this promotional message which appeared to be a wee bit ir...

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As I was reading my copy of the daily newspaper yesterday (yes, my family and I are still traditional newspaper readers), a colourful brochure with coupons popped out. As I glanced through its content, I couldn't help noticing this promotional message which appeared to be a wee bit ir...

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BP Former CEO Tony Hayward's Apology came too little too late (courtesy of Infinite Unknown ) Recently, everybody in Singapore has been talking about the spate of SMRT train delays and breakdowns in December. Numerous netizens have called for extreme measures to be taken, including th...

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BP Former CEO Tony Hayward's Apology came too little too late (courtesy of Infinite Unknown ) Recently, everybody in Singapore has been talking about the spate of SMRT train delays and breakdowns in December. Numerous netizens have called for extreme measures to be taken, including th...

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On a recent visit to Takashimaya Shopping Centre for Christmas shopping, my family visited their highly popular basement food mall area looking for gift ideas. Amidst the festive air, I noticed that there were many stalls offering gourmet food items for sale where the delectable pastr...

As the head honcho leading an organisation, being a good CEO isn't an easy job. Sure, they'll probably pay you more (or much much more) than the average salary man down the food chain, but the expectations are often sky high. For a start, a good CEO has to have vision, ambition and th...

Can creativity ever be managed? Shouldn't it be a spontaneous process that happens when a flash of brilliance strikes somebody? How can one be creative if one is an engineer/accountant/mechanic? Well, according to Josh Linkner , CEO of ePrize, anybody in any profession can be creative...

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Images courtesy of Celebritize Yourself [Article first published as Book Review: Celebritize Yourself: The Three Step Method to Increase Your Visibility by Marsha Friedman on Blogcritics.] Are you keen to be better known and respected in your field of expertise? Have you wondered how ...

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Written by straight-talking serial entrepreneur and founder of Winelibrary.com Gary Vaynerchuk , The Thank You Economy presents a no-holds-barred approach to how businesses can leverage on the power of social media. Packed with case studies from online retail darling Zappos , burger j...

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How Tightly Should You Manage Your Team? Should you control your subordinate's every move? (courtesy of River Empowerment ) There are two major schools of thought in leadership and management. The first approach is the older "Command and Control" style. Here, an authoritative leader u...

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EVAC, a new autobot created specially for the attraction It's a night of 3D thrills and spills as Transformers The Ride made its global premiere at Universal Studios Singapore . Rumoured to cost more than S$100 million and to take more than four years to plan and build, Transformers T...

Should you control your subordinate's every move? (courtesy of River Empowerment ) There are two major schools of thought in leadership and management. The first approach is the older "Command and Control" style. Here, an authoritative leader uses a clearly domineering way of getting ...

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EVAC, a new autobot created specially for the attraction It's a night of 3D thrills and spills as Transformers The Ride made its global premiere at Universal Studios Singapore . Rumoured to cost more than S$100 million and taking more than four years in the planning and making, Transf...

Preetam Rai of Global Voices Online (courtesy of GovCamp Singapore ) In an ideal Web 2.0 enabled world populated by active and engaged citizens, the public would be engaged, empowered and encouraged to use social technologies and digital tools to build a better society. As the governm...

Congratulations to our boys and girls in blue for making the first Facebook arrest! According to the Singapore Police Force's (SPF) media release , this development came on 11 Nov 2011 (an auspicious 11/11/11!) when a "public-spirited person called 999 and informed that he could ident...

Consider what your customers will look, smell, touch and feel - from the start to end of your experience Let's try this thought exercise for a few minutes. Imagine that you're a customer of your own company's business. This could be anything of course, depending on what your company d...

Should one protect privacy but ban anonymity on the web? Are citizens able to "DIY" to form their own self helping communities? Do we have adequate access to data that can improve our lives? These are the sort of questions which arose from the recent GovCamp Singapore , organised by M...

Should one protect privacy but ban anonymity on the web? Are citizens able to "DIY" to form their own self helping communities? Do we have adequate access to data that can improve our lives? These are the sort of questions which arose from the recent GovCamp Singapore , organised by M...

Tina and Ethan posing next to an animatronic Apatosaurus "Roar, Growl, Hiss, Grr, Screech and Scream!" Welcome to the world of the fabulous dinosaurs (also known as the "terrible lizards") at Dinosaurs-Live! , a recently opened exhibition at the Singapore Science Centre . Happening fr...

Courtesy of Lost & Found Online Marketing One of the most important chapters in the book of marketing is customer segmentation and targeting. You need to know who you're reaching and how you're making your product or service relevant to their needs, wants or desires. Without a keen un...

, our island's only "unconference" focusing on how citizens and government can work together to improve our lives using technology as an enabler. The second event this year - I moderated one of the sessions in the first in on 19 January - GovCamp looks at positioning government as a p...

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As part of my recent work trip to London, I spent many hours visiting numerous museums and art galleries in the city, topped by a full day meeting with the Tate Group. The institutions I visited include the Tate Modern, National Gallery London, National Portrait Gallery, Natural Histo...

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." - Randy Pausch (RIP 25 July 2008) I first blogged about Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch back in 28 July 2008, 3 days after his death from pancreatic cancer . So moved was I by the video of his last lecture (d...

Are there qualities common to entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs? (Courtesy of Digital Trends ) [Article first published as Hallmarks of Successful Entrepreneurs (An Asian Perspective) on Technorati.] As the world continues to moan over the demise of Apple head honcho Steve Jobs , numerous...

iPhone 4S's short battery life was blamed on the super juiced up iOS 5 (courtesy of Obama Pacman ) Something wrong seems to be happening in the hallowed corridors of Tech. First, we're met with the "dynamic" and ever changing new Facebook News Feed which apparently is riling many of u...

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When a book meant for the children also pulled in matured audience in masses, its success is sealed. The children don't have to persuade the adults to buy books, movie tickets and merchandise, the adults willingly open up their wallets - sometime without prompting. I'm one of them. I ...

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Harnessing the Power of Colours Do you ever wonder why some people look fab in black, while others look sinister? Want to add a dash of colour to your professional wardrobe without looking like a clown (or 7th month Getai singer)? I found out the abswers to this and more at a recent C...

Nobody manages resources better than Nature! (image source ) Sustainability seems to be the buzzword these days. We've all heard about how companies are investing in carbon credits to offset their industrial activities, embark on occasional recycling programmes, or improving their eff...